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WARWICK: The RSL Club in the former
Kings Theatre will undergo a major internal
revamp in the next year. The streamlined, art-
moderne cinema auditorium and stage is still
quite complete and will be refurbished to provide
a high quality entertainment and function area
that can host big-name performers.
IPSWICH: The opening of the Limelight
Cinemas at Riverlink on November 20 has
caused a local ticketing price war and seen
Birch Carroll and Coyle in the Ipswich Mall Warwick Kings
and Reading Cinemas at Redbank Plaza slash
their ticket prices. CHILDERS: The Paragon Theatre is set for Childers
a new lease of life with work progressing to
CHARTERS TOWERS: Questions have restore the venue for a mix of live and cinema
been raised in regard to the legality of operating entertainment.
the council owned World Theatre complex
as a cinema in direct competition to the TOWNSVILLE: Birch Carroll and Coyle will
locally owned Tors Drive-In and Cinema. be the operators of the new$17-million, 780-seat
This may constitute a possible breach of the Central 5 cinema complex to be built on part
local government code of conduct and unfair of the former rail yards site. Parent company,
advantage over the unsubsidised independent Amalgamated Holdings have committed to
drive-in. a 15-year lease which will compliment their
Event Cinemas branded location in the CBD.
REDCLIFFE: After 18 years of operation the
historical replica display known as the Redcliffe IPSWICH: A two month campaign successfully
Picture Palace has closed and the contents of raised $100,000 for the Tivoli Drive-In to
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various gauges, offered for sale from November.
however patrons had to contend with a less-than-
perfect picture when a wind storm dislodged a
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took place on November 16.
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Wintergarden Theatre were demolished
in September/October, clearing the site for
possible construction of a large retail/apartment SUBIACO: In late 2014 work will begin on
block. a $1.5 million Lotterywest grant will fund the
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of the 1938 art deco Regal Theatre. All of its
1100 seats will be replaced, the stage lighting
upgraded and interior paint scheme restored.
Disabled toilets, lifts, a new roof and other
exterior renovations will be installed once more
money is raised. The theatre was left to the HOBART NORTH: Opened as the North
people of WA by its last owner Paddy Baker in Hobart Picture Palace and later known as
1986 but receives no government subsidy. the Liberty, the independent State Cinema
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PERTH: Unpaid rent due to a lack of patronage celebrated its 100 Birthday on October 2. The
and the deteriorating state of the asbestos location now boasts 8 screens and its long history
roof were cited for the closure of the historic is to be documented in a new book about the
Piccadilly Cinemas in Hay Street at the end of theatre.
the October School Holidays. This was the last
cinema operating in the CBD.
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install a digital projector. The digital upgrade
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conversion of the Cygnet into a multiplex.
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